Evans GP is an Australian motor racing team formed in 2020 by Joshua Evans. The team started racing in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship and has since competed in the Formula Regional Asian Championship and the GB4 Championship. It will enter the Formula Regional Middle East Championship in 2024.
In 2023, Evans and British racing driver
Dan Wells launched DW Evans GT, a GT racing team which currently competes in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia.
History
Before founding Evans GP in 2020, Evans had worked for a number of successful motor racing teams. He worked for
Sonic Motor Racing Services when they won the
Australian Formula Ford Championship with
David Reynolds in 2004 and
Tim Blanchard in 2007, before then becoming General Manager and Chief Engineer of
BlackArts Racing Team
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. In his time with BlackArts Racing, Evans won 16 championships, including
Chinese F4,
Asian Formula Renault - and most recently, the
2019-20 F3 Asian Championship with
Joey Alders.
Evans GP made its debut in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship. It achieved second place in the Teams’ Championship, ahead of rivals such as the
Mumbai Falcons (who were supported by
Prema Racing
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),
Pinnacle Motorsport, and
Hitech Grand Prix. Drivers
Isack Hadjar
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and
Patrik Pasma would go on to compete in the
2021
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Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA), with Hadjar finishing the year as rookie champion.
Evans GP competed in the rebranded Formula Regional Asian Championship in 2022, where they took a race win with Patrik Pasma in the fourth round of the season at
Dubai Autodrome. In January 2023, the team sold their Asian operations to Dutch motor racing team MP Motorsport ahead of the Australian team's move to the United Kingdom. Evans became the team manager of the MP Motorsport by Hyderabad Blackbirds team in the
2023
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Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC), which placed third overall - with drivers
Mari Boya and
Sami Meguetonif achieving race wins.
The team entered the
2023 GB4 Championship
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with Red Bull Racing Esports and S5000 driver Cooper Webster, British F4 driver Kai Daryanani, and Taiwanese racing driver Thomas Lee. Later that year, Evans GP announced their return to Asian motorsports. The team will field entries in the
2023 Formula Regional Asian Championship and
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.
DW Evans GT
In 2023, Evans and British racing driver
Dan Wells formed a GT racing team, DW Evans GT. The team currently competes in the
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia with a lineup of Wells and Taiwanese racing driver Oscar Lee, where they won the Pro-Am championship with one round to spare.
Current series results
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Formula 4 Australian Championship
Formula Trophy UAE
F4 Middle East Championship
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship
Former series results
F3 Asian Championship / Formula Regional Asian Championship
GB4 Championship
Timeline
Notes
References
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Australian auto racing teams
Auto racing teams established in 2020
Formula Regional teams
Malaysian auto racing teams
Sports car racing teams